Legal guides
Practical guides to Dutch law, arranged by area of law: from employment and corporate law to family law, immigration, criminal law and real estate. Written by the lawyers of Law & More in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.
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Copying general terms and conditions: the legal risks in the Netherlands
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky under Dutch law on three separate grounds: copyright, unlawful act and the validity of the terms themselves. The exception is short standard phrasing, which is too generic for copyright
Coercive control is a pattern of domination in which one partner systematically controls, isolates and
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Attachment of shares (beslag op aandelen) is the seizure of registered shares in a Dutch
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The Dutch police may use force, but only when the aim justifies it, when there
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After a serious traffic accident, the punishment depends mainly on two things: the degree of
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You usually cannot move a regulated rental home to the private sector during an ongoing
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A Dutch employer cannot make a purely social office party compulsory. The right to give
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Carrying or keeping cash is not illegal in the Netherlands, but the police and customs
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Legal professional privilege (verschoningsrecht) continues to protect what a client tells a lawyer, even when
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The North Atlantic Treaty, also called the NATO Treaty or the Washington Treaty, obliges each
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A process agreement (procesafspraak) is an arrangement between the Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM)
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No, spousal maintenance (partneralimentatie) does not automatically end when you or your former partner reach
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